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intrathoracic

American  
[in-truh-thawr-a-sik] / ˌɪn trə θɔrˈæ sɪk /

adjective

  1. happening or located inside the thorax.


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Truth is, the intrathoracic pressure in your body momentarily increases when we sneeze.

From Fox News Dec. 14, 2018

For adult SLO analysis axillary, brachial, inguinal and intrathoracic lymph nodes and Peyer’s patches were carefully dissected.

From Nature Apr. 4, 2014

Doris Yost, 3, was just another case of intrathoracic cancer when she entered Johns Hopkins Hospital two months ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

The respiratory movements consist in a dilatation or opening up of the thoracic esophageal lumen during inspiration, due to the negative intrathoracic pressure.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

A, shows cane-shaped cannula for use in intrathoracic compressive or other stenoses.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

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